Instructional Framework

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The Juneau School District Instructional Framework (IF) is proposed for supporting personalized learning. It is a student-centered and learning-focused approach of instruction that addresses learning differences in order to conciliate learning style, preferences and progress during content interactions.

Vision:
  • It is rooted in the vision of an empowered community where learning is continuous, relevant, and adaptive.

Goals:
  • To provide a base for instructional focus within and across classrooms and schools
  • To build instructional environments that nurture high expectations, positive student outcomes and personal responsibility for learning
  • To develop a common discourse around classroom assessment that reflects student learning and instruction refinement

Overarching Principles:
  • Student Centered
  • Based on Equity

Driven by:
  • Rigor
  • Relevance
  • Relationships

Foundational Components
  • Essential Understandings
  • Assess for success
  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Demonstrated Success

Essential Understandings:
What do we want students to KNOW and be able to DO?
SOURCES:
  • Juneau School District Goals
  • Goals: Unit, Project…
Content Objectives
*CORE, Performance/ Content Standards
Language Objectives
  • LA Standards, ELP Standards

Assess for Success:
What does each student KNOW and is able to DO?
SOURCES:
  • Student Profile
Background Knowledge
Formative Assessments
District Assessments
Performance Data
Qualitative and Quantitative

Differentiated Instructional Design
How will each student LEARN and APPLY LEARNING?
SOURCES:
  • Juneau School District Goals
  • Checking Your Systems for Equity
  • Student Profile
  • Lesson Plan
Content
  • Content objectives
  • Language objectives
Process
  • Engaging Activities
  • Student Interests
Product
  • Student Choice
  • Culminating Task/Project
o Learning Environment
  • Room Setting
  • Reflects Students Diversity

Evidence of Success:
How will the student demonstrate LEARNING and COMMUNICATE RESULTS?
SOURCES:
  • Student Products
  • Culminating Task/Project
  • Objective Evidence
o Test scores
o District Assessments
  • PALS
  • DRP
  • Benchmark
  • District Writing Assessment
  • Subjective: Observed Behaviors
  • GLE’s connected State Assessments
  • Summative Assessments
  • Collection of Formative Assessments
o Quick visits, snapshots
  • Reflections/ Recognitions throughout Learning Process